Seed-corn-drying rack.



G. WENZELMANN.

SEED CORN DRYING RAUK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1909.

921 ,932, Patented May 18, 1909.

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A I. qr Aflarne like groove 4 on a face manufaeture, both i man s' .i'rns BA ENT OFFICE.

UUHTAVE WENZELMANN, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

BEED-OORLFDRYING RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE WENzEL- MANN, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Seed-Corn-Drying Rack, of which the following is a specification.

M y invention has relation to devices which are employed for sustaining ears of corn whereby they may season or dry out in the best manner for seed.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 4, 1808.

One object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which will hold a large number of ears of corn in such positions that each is separate from or not touching another, and each ear fully exposed to the air.

Another object is to provide a device of the character described which includes convenient means for attachment of the ears thereto.

A further object is to provide a device which may be readily shi ped knocked down or boxed, either sing j or in quantities, and which may be easily assembled by a purchaser.

A still further object is to provide suitable ear-sustaining means which will hold each ear in a substantially upright position, and which will not turn to permit the ear to slip therefrom.

A still further ob'ect is to produce a device of the nature described which is economic of as to material and workmanship, and which may be easily handled.

Subsidiary objects will appear as the nature of the invention is further disclosed.

Means for accomplishing the foregoing recited objects is shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away; Fig. 2, a to plan; Fig. 3, a. horizontal sectional View. in son in the line 3-3 in Fig. superior results. I

4, a detail of the suspending pin 1 t 1 and Fig. before it is positioned in the block and bent as hereinafter described.

' The same reference numeral herein used indicates the same part in the different figures of the drawin s.

2 indicates a book, referably of wood which constitutes the ase of the device which is provided with a longitudinal groove 3 along one of its faces and dpreferably throughout its length, and provi ed with a of the block rectangu- Patented May 18, 1909. Serial No. 486,617.

lady to the one first recited. At its u p portion it is provided with recesses 5 into bent ends of a D or loop 6 are inserted, and by which means it is readily suspended-from a nail or hook in a barn rafter or other convenient place. A series of holes 7 is bored from the roove 3 transversely through the block, and a like series 8 is bored from the groove 4.

The improved ear-suspendin means 9 is preferabl formed of a len th 0 wire having at one si e of its midlengt a double rectangular bend whereby a median portion 10 which is at a right an le to the end portions 11 and 12 is formed. The suspending means is preferably made by a shear which not only cuts into proper lengths, but further severs the wire at an angle, whereby a sharp pointed end 13 is produced without further expense.

In assembling the device the longer end of a suspending wire is inserted through each aperture 7 and another wire through each aperture 8 to such distance or extent that t e transverse portion 10 will rest vertically in one of the grooves or channels 3 or 4.

e receiving a ertures are of slightly less area than that o the wires in order that they will be securely held therein, and when positioned as shown it will be evident that the vertical portion 10 of each wire will prevent the points from turning. The device is to be s ip ed with the parts separated from each ot er and the wires in the shape illustrated at Fig. 4. The wires after having been positioned in the block are to be bent u wardly at their ends as shown at Fig. l.

e sharp points facilitate'the operation of impaling ti= butt end thereon, as they will readily enter the pit.

If preferred, the wires may be flattened at the portion which rests in the wood, but I have found that this is not attended with have also contemplated he use of staples for holding the ear-susturning, but this also as been discarded. Various other unessential changes may be made without departing from the spirit and general idea of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, having recited its purposes, objects and advantages, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following, to wit:

1. In a device of the character described, an elongated base provided with a longitupending means from of an ear of corn.

dinal channel in two of its non-coincident I a ri ht angle thereto, said ends adapted to sides, and wires assed laterally through said base, each t ereof including a bent median portion adapted to rest in one of said channels.

2. In a device of the character described,

an elongated base provided with a longitu- 1 dinal channel in one of its sides, and a Wire passed through said block, said wire includmg substantiall normally parallel end portions and a me ian portion substantially at be ent upwardly and to sustain ears of corn, and sald median portion to rest in said channel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of June, 1908.

L. F. WERTMAN, F. L. CoNoER. 

